August 16, 1999 – The
Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) announced they joined in a
six-company lawsuit brought by Acclaim Entertainment against the Class,
Paradigm and Razore 1911“>Razor 1911 hacking groups. Other companies
included Accolade/Infogrames Entertainment, Bethesda Softworks, Interplay
Productions, Lucas Arts Entertainment Company, and The 3DO Company. Of course
this was an attempt to curtail the software piracy issue.

The availability of
affordable, streamable content via services such as Netflix and Hulu seems to
have done more to curtail media piracy than any court case ever has. However,
the recent proliferation of streaming services has a lot of people dusting off
their old pirate hats….

The Funnies:

Obscure Word of the Day -

Euneirophrenia - the feeling of contentment that comes from waking up from a pleasant night's dreams.

On the Menu Today -

I took a break from my normal overnight oatmeal this morning and got myself a breakfast sandwich, which has me thinking that they're a great food item to discuss this morning. The breakfast sandwich is simple, versatile, infinitely customizable, portable, and filling. I love some nice crispy bacon, a fried egg, some thick-cut sharp cheddar, spinach, and pickled onion on a lightly toasted and buttered everything bagel. What's your favorite variation?

Quote of the Day

“You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your
life crossing them.” – Shonda Rhimes

Comic of the Day

Mouseover: After the test, she said that if she had a choice, she wouldn’t
defend herself against drones using a tennis ball and racket, though she would
absolutely pick them over other sports equipment. But, she added, "Drones
don't bother me.

When I first moved to sunny, rainy Salford the street I lived on had a sandwich shop (after a quick Google it looks like its now closed down) that did a hangover destroying breakfast barm that contained bacon, sausage, fried egg, fried mushrooms, black pudding, hash brown, and beans - it was basically a full English breakfast in a barm cake, and it was my saviour on many a bleary walk to work after a night on the sauce. That's a breakfast sandwich, the only green was the stuff in the sausages you hoped were herbs

Also, I'm definitely going to pick up a copy of that How To book, and hopefully see Randall when he's in Manchester in October, I had no idea he was doing a tour for it as well!

I make an egg and cheese sandwich from time to time. Spray a bowl with Pam or oil of some type and pour in two beaten eggs and microwave about a minute or until the egg is cooked. Toast two slices of bread and butter. Add cheese to the egg and microwave to melt the cheese. Add salt and pepper to taste. Put the egg between the two slices of bread. Of course you can always have add-ons like bacon, ham, avocado, or what ever else you want. But the basic egg and cheese takes less than 5 minutes.